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A California prosecutor on Friday announced she will file criminal charges against seven law enforcement officials tied to a sex abuse scandal involving a teenager. Jodi Hernandez reports. (Published Friday, Sept. 9, 2016)

A California prosecutor on Friday announced she will file criminal charges against seven law enforcement officials tied to a sex abuse scandal involving a teenager.

The teen, now 19, said she had sex with more than a dozen police officers in the region, prompting investigations from various Bay Area police departments and the District Attorney's office. She said some of those encounters occurred before she turned 18.

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley said she was waiting to formally file charges until the teen, Celeste Guap, could be returned to California from Florida, where she has been jailed in an assault case. The prosecutor said she needs the Guap to provide testimony in the case.

O'Malley said five Oakland police officers, a Livermore cop and a former Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office deputy will be charged in connection to the scandal.

The DA's office investigation reviewed nearly 150,000 pages of data, including nearly 3,000 pages of Instagram postings, more than 76,000 pages of Facebook communication, nearly 60,000 text messages, more than 6,000 images, more than 500 multimedia messages and 21 videos.

Friday's announcement is the latest fallout from the wide-ranging scandal. O'Malley said she found much of the conduct "morally reprehensible" but noted the actions of the officers on social media did not violate criminal statutes.

On Thursday, Livermore Police Chief Michael Harris said a veteran officer tied to the scandal had resigned.

Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf announced Wednesday that four police officers were fired following a nearly year-long investigation into scandal. Seven other officers will be suspended without pay and one will receive counseling and training, Schaaf said.

The Oakland department cycled through three police chiefs in 10 days in June amid the sex abuse scandal.

Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley provides the latest in the sex abuse scandal involving police officers and a teenager.

(Published Friday, Sept. 9, 2016)

Last week, Guap was arrested for aggravated battery after she allegedly attacked a security officer at a voluntary rehab facility in Florida, according to an arrest report.

Two well-known civil rights attorneys from the Bay Area are in Florida trying to secure her release.

The sex abuse scandal ignited in September 2015 when the Oakland police department began investigating the death of one of its officers. Officer Brendan O'Brien left a suicide note that alluded to contact he had with a teenage girl.